Global Sugar Market, provides up-to-date information about market shifts and potential risks, as well as in-depth knowledge of products and services, which can help in planning and in executing category management activities. It focuses on the cost-saving aspects of procurement and on providing insights that can lead to optimization of category spend.

Sugar is consumed mainly in processed foods and sweetened beverages, and these are displacing the direct consumption of sugar. Sugar changes in the dietary structure among consumers have led to high-energy-density diet with a more significant role for fat and added sugars in food. Additionally, users consume sugar daily in breakfast cereals, desserts, juices, tea, coffee, and confectionery products.

One of the procurement best practices for buyers in the global sugar market is to implement a proper procedure to select suppliers. Buyers should perform a process to monitor and choose suppliers based on the ability to provide written specifications of sugar supplied including its type and properties.

According to the report, the rising global population is expected to boost sugar consumption in developing countries. Sugar is consumed mainly in processed foods and sweetened beverages, and these are displacing the direct consumption of sugar.

Further, the report states that one of the key procurement challenges faced by buyers is the problems associated with logistics for procurement of sugar. Buyers face specific problems related to the transportation of sugar such as high logistics costs for procurement of sugar which includes truck rental and driver wages.